List of derecho events

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The following is a list of notable derecho events.

Contents

[edit] North America

Event Date Notes
Ohio Fireworks Derecho July 4, 1969
1977 Southern - Mid-Atlantic derecho June 6, 1977 [citation needed]
Independence Day Derecho of 1977 July 4, 1977
More Trees Down Derecho July 4 - 5, 1980
Western Wisconsin Derecho July 15, 1980
Illinois/Michigan Derecho July 16, 1980 [citation needed]
I-94 Derecho July 19, 1983
West Virginia Derecho April 9, 1991
Southern Great Lakes Derecho of 1991 July 7 - 8, 1991
Pakwash Forest Blowdown July 18, 1991 [citation needed]
Storm of the Century (1993) March 12 - 13, 1993 Florida; associated with very significant storm surge
July 1993 Central Plains derecho July 8 - 9, 1993 [1]
Heat Wave of 1995 Derecho Series July 11 - 15, 1995
Late-May 1998 Tornado Outbreak and Derecho May 30 - 31, 1998
Corn Belt Derecho June 29, 1998
New York State Labor Day Derechos September 7, 1998
Boundary Waters-Canadian Derecho July 4 - 5, 1999 [2]
2001 Central Wisconsin derecho June 11, 2001 [citation needed]
October 2001 Mississippi-Ohio Valleys derecho October 24, 2001
Memphis Summer Storm of 2003 July 22, 2003 aka "Hurricane Elvis"
Mississippi - Tennessee Valley Derecho of 2004 July 13, 2004 [citation needed]
Southern U.S. March Derecho March 9, 2006
April 2, 2006 Tornado Outbreak April 2, 2006
Heat wave of 2006 derecho series July 17 - 19 and 21, 2006
The Iowa Summer Derecho of 2008 July 21, 2008 [3][4]
Chicago Derecho August 4, 2008
May 2009 derecho series May 3 - 8 , 2009
May 2009 Southern Midwest derecho May 8, 2009
June 2009 Mid-South Derecho June 12, 2009 [citation needed]
June 2009 Southern KY derecho June 16, 2009
June 2009 Midwest Derecho series June 17 - 19, 2009 [citation needed]
June 18 Midwest derechos June 18, 2010
Late June 2010 Hybrid Derecho June 23, 2010 [citation needed]
October 2010 North American storm complex October 23-28, 2010
June 2011 Northwest Indiana derecho June 4, 2011 [citation needed]
July 2011 Iowa-Illinois-Michigan-Ohio derecho July 11, 2011 [citation needed]

[edit] Europe

Event Date Notes
July 1995 Switzerland - Germany Derecho 22 July 1995 [citation needed]
July 2002 Finland derecho 5 July 2002 [5]
July 2002 Germany derecho 10 July 2002 [6] (Crossair Flight 850)
2003 Mediterranean derecho 17 August 2003 Struck Catalonia, Spain and Languedoc to Roussillon, France with up to F2 damage[7]
2007 winter derecho 18 January 2007 Significant derecho across northern and central Europe caused many fatalities[8]
March 2008 Central Europe derecho 1 March 2008 Significant derecho caused more than dozen fatalities[8]
Middle Europa (Czech) Derecho 25 - 26 June 2008 [9][10]
July 2009 Middle Europe Derecho 23 - 24 July 2009 [citation needed]
2010 Heat Wave derecho series 7 - 14 July 2010 Multiple significant derechos (with tornado(s)) across Belgium, the Netherlands[11]
August 2010 Estonia derecho 8 August 2010 [citation needed]

[edit] Elsewhere

Event Date Notes
Amazon Blowdown 16 - 18 January 2005 Massive derecho felled ~540 million trees within Amazonia, Brazil[12]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bentley, Mace; Cooper, Stonie (Sep 1997). "The 8 and 9 July 1993 Nebraska Derecho: An Observational Study and Comparison to the Climatology of Related Mesoscale Convective Systems". Wea. Forecasting 12 (3): 678–688. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(1997)012<0678:TAJNDA>2.0.CO;2. http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F1520-0434%281997%29012%3C0678%3ATAJNDA%3E2.0.CO%3B2. 
  2. ^ The Derecho of 4-5 July 1999 in Southern Quebec
  3. ^ DVN July 2008 Derecho (Report). NOAA. August 2008. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dvn/?n=ev20080720wind. Retrieved May 7, 2009. 
  4. ^ Rare 'derecho' leaves swath of damage across Iowa (Report). Quad City Times. July 2008. http://www.qctimes.com/news/local/article_0cefc0ab-9d2c-5454-aafc-0130fdadc04e.html. Retrieved May 7, 2009. 
  5. ^ Punkka, Ari-Juhani; Teittinen, Jenni (Oct 2006). "Synoptic and Mesoscale Analysis of a High-Latitude Derecho–Severe Thunderstorm Outbreak in Finland on 5 July 2002". Wea. Forecasting 21 (5): 752–763. doi:10.1175/WAF953.1. http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2FWAF953.1. 
  6. ^ Gatzen, Christoph (Jun 2004). "A Derecho in Europe: Berlin, 10 July 2002". Wea. Forecasting 19 (3): 2004. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0639:ADIEBJ>2.0.CO;2. http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F1520-0434%282004%29019%3C0639%3AADIEBJ%3E2.0.CO%3B2. 
  7. ^ López, J. Manuel (Feb 2007). "A Mediterranean derecho: Catalonia (Spain), 17th August 2003". Atmos. Res. 83 (2-4): 272-83. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2005.08.008. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809506001220. 
  8. ^ a b Gatzen, Christoph; Tomas Púčik, David Ryva (Jun 2011). "Two cold-season derechoes in Europe". Atmos. Res. 100 (4): 740-8. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.11.015. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809510003297. 
  9. ^ Púčik, Tomáš; M. Francová, D. Rýva, M. Kolář, L. Ronge (Jun 2011). "Forecasting challenges during the severe weather outbreak in Central Europe on 25 June 2008". Atmos. Res. 100 (4): 680-704. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.11.014. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809510003285. 
  10. ^ Simon, André; J. Kaňák, A. Sokol, M. Putsay, L. Uhrínová, K. Csirmaz, Ľ. Okon, R. Habrovský (Jun 2011). "Case study of a severe windstorm over Slovakia and Hungary on 25 June 2008". Atmos. Res. 100 (4): 705-39. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.12.012. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809510003492. 
  11. ^ Hamid, Karim (Apr 2012). "Investigation of the passage of a derecho in Belgium". Atmos. Res. 107: 86-105. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.12.013. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809511004248. 
  12. ^ Negrón-Juárez, Robinson I.; J.Q. Chambers, G. Guimaraes, H. Zeng, C.F.M. Raupp, D.M. Marra, G.H.P.M. Ribeiro, S.S. Saatchi, B.W. Nelson, and N. Higuchi (19 August 2010). "Widespread Amazon forest tree mortality from a single cross-basin squall line event". Geophys. Res. Lett. 37 (L16701). doi:10.1029/2010GL043733. http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2010GL043733.shtml. 

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